hour two as we roll on. a new deal for europe, will it stop the financial bleeding? also, american hospitals fined for leaving spare parts in patients. and rapper jay-z economist? playing reporter roulette, richard quest, let's begin in brussels with you at the emergency european summit. there you are. what did the europeans, richard, come up with? and will it solve the credit crisis? >> reporter: all right, two really good questions and i promise you i won't bore on about the minutiminutia. the long and short of this is really simple, brooke -- they agreed that they were going to rewrite the rules of the euro. they will have no budget deficits, have automatic sanctions, they will have stricter rules, tighter regulation.

the whole thing will be much, much better run. they're going to get on and do that. the only problem is the united kingdom said no and could become troublesome in the future. i promised i wasn't going to be boring and bore on about it, but the one thing they did also do was increase their firepower. the so-called big ba zuk ka to stop the contagion. hundreds of millions of dollars pledged,s the dow p up over 180, 190 points, they might just have done the trick. for today. >> for today. stop the contagion. you mentioned we're not looking at the minutia. the british angle is a huge one because -- i mean, is it an ominous sign that britain opted out of this agreement? >> reporter: britain opted out for its own domestic political reasons, its own self-interest. it wanted an opt-out clause on a

particular tax. it didn't get it so it said it wouldn't agree to the treaty. the other countries, the 17 plus the rest of them except britain all going to plow ahead. britain can be troublesome. she can be bothersome. and she can be obstructionist in the way they do it. but, ultimately, my gut feeling is they're going to move ahead with this change. now, whether or not they have built a new house sufficient to withstand the hurricane of the financial crisis, well, the markets will give their judgment. as of today, they like what they see. the u.s. has welcomed it. the white house has welcomed it. the imf has welcomed it. but we are still not out of the woods because this whole thing that they've arranged doesn't really come into force until next year. and between now and then there is plenty of opportunity for slip and fall. >> and we will continue this

discussion, you and me, about this hurricane, richard quest. thank you so much in brussels. next on reporter roulette, this is frightening, california hospitals facing fines for medical errors, such as leaving foreign objects in patients' bodies during surgery. yikes, senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, what? what's happening? >> can you imagine you go in for surgery and afterwards you're feeling a little bit of pain, you get a fever? what's going on? the doctor left something this size of you, a piece of gauze this size in you. well, this does happen. you don't always hear about it but it happens. in california, the state looked at records and actually hospitals reported things that had gone wrong. so at 14 hospitals things had happened and they had fines ranging from, like, $25,000 to $100,000. let's take a look at some of the types of things they were fine for. objects left inside patients. there were seven examples of this at these hospitals. medication mistakes, for example, someone was supposed to

get 20 milligrams of morphine. wrong surgery, patient was operated on the left eye instead of right. baby snatched. a baby was taken by somebody posing as a nurse. these are errors occurring between 2008 and relatively the present. >> i had acl reconstruction surgery and i remember waking up and seeing a "no" on one knee and "yes" on the other. >> that's one reason for that. >> give me that napkin. this is easy, don't put it in the patient. why is this happen something. >> you need to soak up blood to see the surgical field. there's a reason. so what you're supposed to do is before the surgery you say, all right, we have 14 sponges. it's not really that number. let's say 14. then at the end of the surgery, 14 should come out. and what happens is sometimes they miscount and so it really was 13 but they counted 14. so human error is responsible for a lot of this, but a lot of people have blamed hospitals for not doing a better job of

staffing because the same nurse who's counting those sponges also maybe has a lot of other things to do. >> got it. >> there is criticism against the hospitals here. >> so final question, what are the hospitals doing about this? >> the hospitals say they are doing more and more. they really have, we definitely have seen them take greater steps. but many people say they're not doing some things they really should be doing to take care of errors. now here's the question. given the that this is an imperfect system and humans will do things wrong, you as a patient have to be empowered and do what you can do to keep yourself error-free in the hospital. there really are things that you can do. if you go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient, writing on your surgical site is one thing along with your surgeon. but you really can protect yourself. >> cnn.com/empoweredpatient, thank you very much, elizabeth cohen. next on reporter roulette, poppy harlow in new york is talking taxes with jay-z. pop poppy? >> i know, not the combination

you would think of, brooke. this happened yet. you see the press conference that jay-z held in new york. he's announced he'll headline two shows at carnegie hall, the first hip-hop show there. it's all about scholarships for kids to go to college, something he didn't do. when we sat down to talk about that, we then moved on to talk about politics and taxes. and i asked him, should rich people like yourself pay more in taxes, like obama's asking them to do. take a look. >> me personally, i wouldn't mind paying more taxes, if it went to the things that really mattered, if it went to education, people in poverty, and you know if it went to the right things. i wouldn't mind. i think it should be more -- it should be clearly defined, you know. clearly defined where all of the money is being allocated. because you can understand

paying so much for taxes and then things not improving, you're, like, where is everything going to? that's why i'm saying -- >> so you get that argument. >> yes. >> so he's telling you it's okay, just wants to see where the money goes if he's paying that extra in taxes. >> right. >> you also asked him about occupy, the occupy movement. what did he say? >> i did because, you know, his company has come out with these t-shirts that say occupy all streets, which is interesting playing off of occupy wall street. they're not financially supporting the occupy movement, but he does support it very, very much. he says, i think it's a very good thing that young people are getting their voices out there, pushing for change, change that needs to happen, whether it's education or health care. brooke, what was interesting is he talked to me a lot about something you know very well, and that's social media, how twitter and facebook are enhancing this movement. which they certainly are. and he said ultimately to have young people out there voicing

their opinion is a good thing. it's always interesting to sit down with him and talk about politics, about the social movement, because he's very engaged. i is xed him, will we find you in washington lobbying congress? not yet. he's still on tour. we have a lot more on the interview on taxes, obama, scholarships, more. >> poppy harlow, thank you very much. that's your reporter roulette on this friday. still ahead, tensions are escalating between the u.s. and russia. at the center of this whole thing, two heavy weights, here they are, why we're just haur hours away in a big moment between putin and hillary clinton. plus this -- >> i'm not in very good health. i am running very quickly out of diabetes medicine. >> those desperate words from a former fbi agent who has been held hostage for years. as this new video surfaces, his wife speaks to us here at cnn.

also, a death row inmate off the hook after a discovery is made involving his trial and a juror. speaking of social media, a tweelt. and he is the man behind the world's most popular legal thrillers. now john grisham is speaking to cnn about several cases in the news, including the west memphis three. we'll be right back.

you're about to see rapid fire, let's go. beginning with police, they're searching for the culprits behind a letter bomb attack in rome. this blast happened at italy's tax collection agency. one person was injured. reports indicate an italian anarchist group is claiming

responsibility for this. also, german police are investigating a link to a similar bomb mailed to the president of deutsche bank in frankfurt earlier this week. that bomb was deactivated. >> reporter: authorities say rob by had set up a web came in his dorm room. >> randi kaye talking about this man, former rutgers student accused of streaming live video of hitz roommate's sexual encounter with another man. today da resume rauby turned down a plea deal that would allow him to avoid jail time. his roommate tiler clemente killed himself. a woman who doused black friday shoppers in california will not be facing felony charges. >> my eyes are burning! >> their eyes are burning, they're screaming. firefighters had to treat ten people who had been pepper trayed spraied there. the los angeles city attorney's office will consider possible

misdemeanor charges now. and have you heard about this woman who police say tried to mix up a batch of meth in the middle of a walmart store? police arrested this woman in tulsa, oklahoma, yesterday, some alert employees apparently noticed this woman mixing different cleaning supplies in a bottle in the store? so what do they do? call police. one police officer suffered minor chemical burns as he took the bottle out of the store. and country singer mindy mccready speaking out today saying she did absolutely nothing wrong when she took her little boy across state lines which violated a custody order. her 5-year-old son zandt zander was taken into custody and mccready spoke on "good morning america" spoke that her mother was an abusive guardian to her son. >> zander was being beaten with a wooden spoon. there are scars on zander's back, there are scars on his bottom and his legs from the spoon. >> abc reached out to mccready's

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as we mentioned, we're getting an update, break being news into cnn. a sentence decision has been reached in the home invasion trial in connecticut. let's go straight to deb feyerick who is standing by outside the courthouse in new haven. this is obviously regarding the fate of joshua komisarjevsky. deb, what do you know? >> reporter: here's what we know. the knock came just a couple of minutes ago. the jury is going to have to go through each of the six counts and decide whether they have voted unanimously on death on each of the counts or whether some of the counts will get life in prison. now, this all goes back, as you know, brooke, to the brutal home invasion here in connecticut that left a mom strangled to

death and her two daughters who died in a terrible blaze set by this man, joshua soem ccomkomis. the petit family is ready for justice. they have been here every day to make sure the jury didn't forget how heinous the crime was and the deaths of jennifer hawke-petit, her brutal death who was strangled to death by the accomplice stephen hayes but also the deaths of michaela and 17-year-old hayley. we're waiting for the verdz to come in, again, a lot of people in the courtroom just waiting, talking about whether this is going to be a slam dunk for the prosecutors, whether in fact he'll get death by lethal injection on all counts or whether, in fact, some of those counts will carry life. i'm getting an e-mail from my colleague who's in there. he says, right now they're waiting on one of the defense attorneys. the judge is telling spectators to keep calm. when we heard that knock, the marshal went to the door.

usually there's a little chitchat. he looked very serious. the judge was immediately alerted and got the bench ready, bringing out some water, really trying to keep control of the room. but a lot of people, you know, waiting and waiting, brooke, for the last five days. it's very trying. clearly there is a lot at stake here, but the family who simply wants justice, who wants to be able to moved ahead, this is what they've been waiting for, brooke. >> yes. as you mention, stephen hayes was the first, the accomplice in the crime, tried. he was sentenced to death. we'll wait and stay in close touch with you, deb feyerick and your crew. as soon as you learn any more, we'll pop you back p up live and talk to you in new haven. for now, deb, thank you so much for the update. moving on, it is a rare look at a war that's gone on for a decade now. u.s. marines have released their it personal footage of a fire fight in afghanistan, and it's one they did not see coming and one they were determined not to lose. we want to go to pent begagon a

bring in barbara starr. barbara, tell me about this. >> brooke, you're about to see gripping footage, to say the least. this was a 3 1/2-hour fire fight in southern afghanistan. these are the men of first battalion sixth marine regiment. >> gets you out of nowhere. i'm in a sleeping bag still. you hear the flair going off, then fire just started going f off. >> just to the northwest of us across the helmand river they have a ridgeline up there. there's cavs in the ridge line that they've crawl into and they engage us from there. >> by the time, like, a couple of hours we were like -- probably had a hundred still left and that was it.

just got really bad real quick. >> idf 30 millimeter grenades hit inside the compound, getting close, real close. took a couple casualties. you hear about people being battle-tested. this one tested the boys. >> we have to get him on the bird as fast as possible. >> been one hell of a day. you're thinking, yeah, regular patrol, any other day. it ain't happening that way. definitely teaches you how everyone has to be ready from now on. you never know what's going to happen from now on. we lost one person to injuries whoflt kn who knows what will happen next.

>> another day, man. another day. >> hopefully whoever sees this will actually know this was actually happening. at the end of the day, we're the ones out here. >> this was shot by a young marine lance corporal jacob lagozi under fire for the fire fight. down to their last hundred rounds. we did check, brooke. auflt marine whoz were wounded in this fire fight are we covered or thankfully have already returned to duty. >> you heard him say another day, just another day for them in afghanistan. barbara starr, thank you, at the pentagon. coming up next, rick perry has a new ad accusing president obama of inciting a war on religion. and a new poll suggests americans are fed up with congress. how fed p up? that's next.

before we talk politics we just want to remind you we are awaiting news from a jury in new haven, connecticut. in fact, live pictures outside the courthouse as we have a crew awaiting the fate of joshua komisarjevsky, the second person involved in that horrific home invasion in which a mother, jennifer hawke-petit, and her two daughters were brutally killed some years ago. we're awaiting the fate -- the jury is voting on life or death. as deb feyerick was reporting, the knock has come, meaning they've come to a conclusion. he's facing six counts. it must be unanimous on death, if he receives death. and then later the judge would sentence joshua komisarjevsky. that is how the legal system works. we're going to -- as soon as we hear anything more from our crew in new haven, we'll bring it to you live. could happen any minute. meantime, let's go to washington, shall we? check our america's choice 2012

politics update with our senior political editor mark preston. mark, lets's talk about this new ad, rick perry ad, calling out the president on religion. >> yeah. you know, brooke, the fact of the matter is, we are just a few weeks away now from the first vote that's will occur in the republican presidential nominating contest. it will happen in iowa and the iowa caucuses are dominated by social conservative voters. if fact, rick perry has a television ad out where he does attack the obama administration on the whole issue of religion. in fact, let's take a quick listen to some of it, brooke. >> i'm not ashamed to admit i'm a christian. but you don't need to be in the pew every sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate christmas or pray in school. as president, i'll end obama's war on religion and i'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. faith made america strong.

it can make her strong again. i'm rick perry, and i approve this message. >> wow, right, brooke? >> war on religion. >> you can't say it any stronger than that. clearly rick perry reaching out to the conservative voters, those iowa caucusgoers who can really make or break his campaign. he really needs to do well in iowa to continue on in the republican presidential nomination. that's what we're seeing in that 30-second ad, brooke. >> how about this poll? the voters are saying, congress, get out. >> get out. you know, if you're a congressman right now and you believed the numbers, you might want to start looking for another job. this new gallup poll has devastating news for them. let's look here. 76% of americans think that members of congress do not deserve to be reelected. basically, as donald trump would say, you're fired. now, what's interesting about these number sz, when it comes

down to it, though, most americans probably do not want to see their congressman fired. they want to see other people's congressmen fired. so the fact is, people are very upset, of course, what's happening here in washington or what's not happening here in washington, brooke. that's what we're seeing in those numbers. >> that's why it's so, so important to vote. the onus falls on us the voter, right, mark preston? >> absolutely. >> thanks very much. ahead, election fraud is spoking protest. vladimir putin says hillary clinton instigated all of it. we'll tell you why in this battle between the two had heavyweights and why tomorrow could change everything. plus -- a death row inmate is getting a new trial, all because a juror was caught tweeting. that story next. but first -- each and every week right around this time we introduce you to someone who has achieved something pretty remarkable despite having to overcome major challenges. for a georgia tech baseball player colby wren, just figuring out what was wrong with him was

half the battle. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta has this week's "human factor". >> reporter: for georgia tech first baseman colby wren just playing division 1 baseball is a huge accomplishment. >> i know i love the game, i love being out here. >> reporter: because colby has a mitochondrial disorder, which means in the cells in his body, the mitochondria are failing and can't convert oxygen and food into life-sustaining energy. as a teenager colby realized his body wasn't working like his twin brother kyle's. >> i would get really sick, throw up every day. i had brown urine and small incidents of -- i would lose consciousness and black out. >> apologies. we've got to break away from that because now we have a vote in the fate of joshua komisarjevsky. straight to deb feyerick. deb, what's the news? >> reporter: brooke, there are six counts in all of this. on the first count that joshua komisarjevsky intentionally

caused the death of two or more people, the mom, her two daughters, the jury found that in fact that is a death by lethal injection. so right now the six counts on the first one he will receive death by lethal injection. they've got to go through each of those counts separately, but right now it is death. what is interesting about this, brooke, is that was the one that the jury seemed to be wrestling with. they wanted to know, based on the facts of the case which appeared to have his accomplice strangling the mom, whether, in fact, maybe he did play a minor role, but it appears that ultimately they found that he was as responsible. so right now it looks like death by lethal injection. that's one of six counts, which means it will be a lot more difficult for his attorneys to try to appeal this, brooke. >> deb, i know we have some folk there's in the courtroom. i'm sure dr. petit, other friends, family are in there as well. has there been any sort of visible reaction? >> reporter: no. you know, this is what's interesting. everybody has been waiting for

this, even the hawke-petit family. he's a reverend, the father of jennifer hawke-petit who was strangled. even he said that in this particular case death is the appropriate response. connecticut is one of those states they were about to abolish the death penalty. however, because of this crime and because it was so heinous, so depraved, in fact, they decided to put that on hold. so right now it looks like this man, along with his accomplice, they will be on death row right now he is facing death by lethal injection. that is on count one, the death of all three women, jennifer hawke-petit, michaela petit, the 11-year-old and 17-year-old hayley petit. death on that count. we're waiting for the other, brooke. >> deb feyerick, thank you so much. keep us posted from new haven. more news right after this quick break. what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon.

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before we move on to "on the case," just quickly here, breaking news. the fate of joshua komisarjevsky, involved in the brutal home invasion murder in new haven, connecticut, from 2007, count one of six just returned from the jury here in the ending of this penalty phase, death. death unanimously from this new haven jury. we're still awaiting counts two through six. once we hear the rest of that, then the sentencing phase follows. that's when the judge ultimately sentences this man, joshua komisarjevsky. meantime, a death row inmate gets a new trial, all thanks to

a juror who tweeted. in an unusual court proceeding next week, we'll bring former penn state football coach jerry sandusky face-to-face with his accusers. sunny hostin "on case." she joins me on the phone. this tweet that overturned this murder conviction. this guy sitting on death row, what did this juror tweet that gets the murder conviction tossed out? >> the juror was sort of tweeting the philosophical things about the deliberation. he sent out several tweets, and one of the last tweets indicated that a verdict had been reached, that it was all over. and the judge had instructed the jury, of course, not to use social media, as judges often do. and after instructing this juror, he did it again. and that really, i think, was the basis for the court overturning his conviction. he was told twice to stop. he continued. and the court found that the integrity of the verdict had been compromised.

judges typically do instruct juries and they expect the juries to follow their instructions. the appellate court felt that if the juror disregarded that particular instruction, it was possible that the juror had disregarded other instructions, one of the most important being finding guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. so taking all these things into consideration this appellate court did overturn a death penalty conviction. really, really big news because we know that so many jurors and people in general are using social media, like facebook, like twitter. that is something that cannot be used when you're deliberating. >> all thrown out because of something tweeted, 140 characters or less are. have you ever heard of something like this happening? >> you know, i have. in a death penalty case perhaps not, but this is becoming more and more prevalent in the legal system. many judges are instructing jurors not to use social media, and, when it is found that they

have used social media, sometimes verdicts are being tossed out. >> got it. case number two, got to talk about the jerry sandusky case. we know a preliminary hearing is set for next tuesday. at this hearing, sandusky will be coming face-to-face with some of these men who claim this former penn state defensive coach sexually assaulted them when they were kids. is this kind of proceeding rare or usual? >> it is usual. you have -- you can waive a preliminary hearing, but, for the most part, these hearings take place in courtrooms every single day in criminal trials. the standard is just showing probable cause. and i will tell you, brooke, it is usually the defense's turn to preview the prosecution's case. it's interesting, i think, and many times prosecutors use it to show a defendant how of evidence the prosecution has. and it typically sometimes leads to a plea deal. it is unusual to have so many

accusers, so many accusers, all testify at a pril mareliminary hearing. many are saying the reason the accusers are coming forward in mass to the preliminary hearing sz because sandusky has been so staunch in his denial, given so many interviews. they want to appear against him face-to-face and tell the world what happened to them. >> right. jerry sandusky as you mentioned has been talking, granting a couple of interviews. also we're hearing from his wife dottie sandusky. she's talking, or at least i've read statements she's released. how will what they have said thus far affect this case? >> you know, i think it has had a grave effect on sandusky. certainly many of the accusers, attorneys are saying that they've been outraged at his outright denial of these accusations. and i think it has given them strength to come forward.

many people are shocked at dottie sandusky's statements in which she also denies the accusations because there are accusation that's she was in the home when a lot of these -- a lot of this abuse occurred. and that she is standing by jerry sandusky and also professing his innocence. they have been married for 45 years, and so certainly their statements have, i think, made these victims stronger and have sort of bound them all together. and we will see that effect it at the preliminary hearing next week. >> we have complete coverage of the prelim next tuesday. we'll be all over that early next week. sunny hostin, thanks so much. >> thanks. let's continue talking to deb feyerick. back live to new haven, connecticut, more information here as the penalty phase of this trial involving joshua komisarjevsky. deb, you first came on, said count one of six, death.

what more do you know now? >> reporter: well, now they've worked their way through five of the six counts, and on five of the six counts the jury found that joshua komisarjevsky should receive death by lethal injection. komisarjevsky's lawyers tried throwing everything to convince the jury there were mitigating factors, that in fact there were certain circumstances, the abuse he suffered during his childhood, his upbringing, the religious sect that he was isolated in. but apparently the jury did not buy it. right now they have voted for death on five of the six counts. we are told by the producer inside the courtroom that in fact some of the members of the family are crying. it appears that dr. petit, the seo sole survivor, is looking straight ahead, as is joshua komisarjevsky. so far, no emotion on behalf of the two men who were face-to-face that night back in july of 2007 when the two men

broke into petit home, held the family hostage for many, many hours. in fact, force the mom to go to the bank and withdraw money before they strangled her and set the house on fire. that's what killed the two children who were tied to their beds, the two daughters michaela and hayley died of smoke inhalation. right now, brooke, death on five of the six counts. again, his lawyers tried everything they could, throwing spaghetti at the wall. none of it stuck. >> none of it worked. i remember dr. petit came out with the family after stephen hayes was sentenced to death so possibly we'll hear from family members here as this begins to wind down there in new haven. quick question, deb, now that we know five of the six counts death, what's next? what happens next? the judge sentences him? >> reporter: the judge will be sentencing him. but now that -- really, what the jury does, this jury has not only listen ed to the whole guit phase, found him guilty of 17

counts, but now they've had an additional six-week phase why th where they listened to the life of joshua komisarjevsky, how burglaries were his addiction of choice, how he would do these in a way exercising the demons of his youth. he was sexually abused as a child. none of that really mattered in the end. it didn't lessen the crime. whether his attorneys will appeal, that's usually what happens. they're going to have to find grounds for appeal. they'll have to find something that went wrong, either during the guilt phase or the penalty phase, that they can point to and say, look, this was not -- nobody thought about this or nobody thought about that. that's going to be very, very difficult because it appears that this jury was unanimous, at least on five of the six counts, and because three of the counts, brooke, relate directly to michaela, the 11-year-old, the youngest, this last count is the murder of that child. so chances are he's going to get death on that.

but we'll bring you that, blackberries should be going off momentarily. >> deb, thank you. my heart goes out to the petit family. got to move along, more breaking news involving a cold case in oklahoma. these two little girls here, they were shot del deaad left o dirt road. now three years later a major development that was announced minutes ago. be right back, 60 seconds.

more breaking news. before i explain what's happened in the last couple of minutes. lit me set this up. this was june of 2008, the town was waleka, oklahoma. you have two little girls, here's their pictures, 13-year-old tailor plaquer and 11-year-o 11-year-o 11-year-old exiler whitaker. their bodies were found on this dirt road. they were found shot multiple times in their chest and stomach, and they were found not

far from taylor's home, half a mile away. in total, they were shot 13 times. no arrest. no suspect. in the very beginning after the news broke with regard to the story, hundreds of tips were pouring in. then apparently the whole case went cold and police also found the two little girls were shot with two different guns. here's the news. we now know this man, 25-year-old kevin sweat, is now in custody, charged with the murders that go back to '08. we're told he tried to sell one of the weapons used in the murders at a gun show. so finally an arrest in this cold case, some three years later. time to take you now "globe trekking." we've got to talk about russia because russia is bracing for more antigovernment protests come tomorrow. more than 20,000 people have signed up on facebook pledging to protest in moscow and other cities, protestors say last sunday's parliamentary elections were a fraud.

even former leader mickle gorbechgo gorbachev says the election should be redone. vladimir putin accuses hillary clinton of fueling all of this outrage, but she shez she's not interfering. >> we expressed concerns that we thought were well founded about the conduct of the elections, and we are supportive of the rights and aspirations of the russian people to be able to make progress and to realize a better future for themselves. and we hope to see that unfold in the years ahead. >> and cnn's phil black is keeping up with all of the keeping up with the uproar. >> brooke, the protestors organizers have official prmgts, have been assigned a venue, a square in moscow that can take

30,000 people. they now just have to fill it. that's going to be quite some scene. most of the protests we have seen so far have been driven by organized political groups and their membership. they're going to need tens of thousands of russians who are not normally politically active but who have decided that they are sufficiently frustrated with the trkremlin, frustrated by th election fraud calls. so frustrated they decide to turn out and add their voice to this sense of outrage. it will be something of a challenge, but if they get those sorts of numbers, it will be one of the biggest protests the russian capital has seen for some time. russian prime minister vladimir putin says the sort of street democracy, as he calls it, should be allowed to happen, that opposition groups should be allowed to have their voice heard on the streets. but only as long as he says it is legal and peaceful. there are going to be the two issues that will be examined very closely as this crowd

assembles and meets in central moscow tomorrow. the organizers behind the protest are also expecting a large police presence and are pleading with everyone planning to come to the protest not to ce police in any way. not to give them any reason to shut down this protest. >> phil, thank you. up next, he is the king of legal thrillers. the client, runwayway jury, a time to kill. this week, john grisham testified on capitol hill and cnn spoke with him. he talked about the legal cases in the news from casey anthony to the west memphis three. we're going to play you an exclusive clip. that ahead. this is $100,000.

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let's go to washington and check in with wolf blitzer. you said in "the situation room" today, rand paul. >> the son of ron paul, who's doing really well in iowa and some of the other states. and rand paul, i don't know if you had a chance to read his article, among other things, the headline says this. republicans would take a giant step backward by choosing gingrich. let me read to you one line that he writes here because it sort of jumped out at me. i'll just read it to you. i will conclude by saying two things. gingrich is not the tea party. he is not even a conservative. wow. pretty strong stuff from senator rand paul. going after newt gingrich. we're going to discuss that and a lot more. we got a lot of political news coming up in "the situation room" at the top of the hour, but even more important than that, guess what else, brooke,

is happening later tonight? >> you got me. i have no idea. >> the cnn washington holiday party at washington national stadium. >> well, the cnn atlanta christmas party as well. >> when is yours? >> it's tonight. >> ours the tonight, too. the entire washington bureau and all of our significant others, we're all going to be there. we're going to have some fun in the batting cage. we'll do a little karaoke. >> what's your tune? >> "sweet caroline." >> nice. >> we're going to confiscate all slo cell phones. >> you know somebody's tweeting th . >> power down all the cell phones. take their batteries out, the whole nine yards. >> have fun. tell mrs. blitzer --

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exonerated. their story became this cause chleb with far too many questions about how police possibly mishandled their case. many think they are innocent and john grisham thinks so as well. >> i did a very emotional interview with the west memphis threw, two of them interway. a very powerful, compelling story. be interested in your view of that. what did you think of it? >> well, i lived in the memphis area and remember the big news, there is the memphis commercial appeals, the morning daily, we all read it. and i are remember when that story happened 18, 19 years ago. because i was living there. and the reporting was such that it was horrendously scandalous. you couldn't believe how horrible the story was. the boys were, all kinds of bad

things were done to these three little cub scouts and turns out not all that was accurate. if you look at what happened to those three defendants, it was mishandled from the very beginning. one kid was 14 years old. the police took him into a room. kept him for hours. his parents were trying to get to him. police broke him down. when they went to trial, there's no physical evidence against the defendants because they're not guilty, okay? so, they rely on bogus confessions. they rely on jailhouse snitches, all these other things that aren't really evidence. but even i think in the west memphis three, there was not even bad science at trial. there was just this, this very sensational trial and the community wanted justice and so, they had some bad confessions to work on and these three guys get convicted and they spend